Prior to joining Brentwood, Rahul worked at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where he focused on high-yield financings and leveraged buyouts. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where he received bachelor’s degrees in finance from the Wharton School of Business and international relations from the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Jonathan AngPrincipal

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Jonathan AngPrincipal

Jon joined Brentwood in 2011. He is currently active in the corporate development efforts of Lazy Dog Restaurants, Pacific Catch, Postino, SAXX Underwear, Upward Projects and Veggie Grill. Jon was also active in the corporate development efforts and sale of Allen Edmonds, J.McLaughlin, Pacific Island Restaurants and Spectrum Clubs, and the corporate development efforts and initial public offering for Zoës Kitchen (NYSE: ZOES).

Prior to joining Brentwood, Jonathan spent over eight years at Investcorp International Inc., where he focused on private equity investing and portfolio company management in a variety of industries. His experience prior to Investcorp includes a year on the Luce Scholars Program working with the Thailand government on small business development, two years as a Research Associate at the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), a non-profit formed by Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter that focuses on driving business development in America’s inner cities, and two years as an Analyst at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where he focused on debt and equity financing and leveraged buyout opportunities.

He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a dual bachelor’s degree in finance and legal studies from the Wharton School of Business.

He also serves as a member of the Advisory Council of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, The Dean’s Advisory Council of Stanford Law School, and The Board of Trustees of the Harvard-Westlake School. Previously, Bill served as a director of Ariat International, Filson Holdings, K-Mac Holdings, ThreeSixty Group, Zoës Kitchen (NYSE:ZOES) and Zumiez (NASDAQ: ZUMZ). He was also a member of the Board of Trustees of Stanford University from 2005 to 2010.

Prior to joining Brentwood, Bill worked at Morgan Stanley & Co. in the investment banking division. He is a graduate of Stanford University, Stanford Law School, and Stanford Graduate School of Business. Bill was both an Arjay Miller Scholar and a member of the Order of the Coif.

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Andrew CarlinAssociate

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Andrew CarlinAssociate

Andrew joined Brentwood in 2017. He is currently active in the corporate development efforts of Beyond Proper by Boston Proper, Lazy Dog, MD Now, Upward Projects and Soft Surroundings.

Prior to joining Brentwood, Andrew worked at Barclays where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate finance in the technology, media, and telecommunications industries. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received a bachelor’s degree in business administration and economics.

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Peter EdelsonSenior Associate

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Peter EdelsonSenior Associate

Peter joined Brentwood in 2015. He is currently active in the corporate development efforts of Blaze Pizza, SAXX Underwear and The Teaching Company. Peter was also active in the corporate development of Marshall Retail Group and Pacific Catch.

Prior to joining Brentwood, Peter worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he focused on leveraged buyouts and general corporate finance across a variety of industries. He graduated from Harvard College, where he received a bachelor’s degree in biology and a secondary in economics.

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Ryan FoltzPrincipal

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Ryan FoltzPrincipal

Current Board Positions:

MD Now

Ryan joined Brentwood in 2011. He currently serves as a Director of MD Now and is active in the corporate development efforts of Marshall Retail Group, Jefferson Dental Care and Z Gallerie. Ryan was also active in the corporate development of Pacific Catch.

Prior to joining Brentwood, Ryan spent three years at Swander Pace Capital, where he focused on private equity investing and portfolio company management in the consumer products industry. Prior to Swander Pace, Ryan spent two years as an Analyst at Harris Williams & Co. where he focused on mergers and acquisitions. He graduated from UC Berkeley where he received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Haas School of Business and a master’s degree in education from the Graduate School of Education.

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Roger GodduPartner

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Roger GodduPartner

Current Board Positions:

Beyond Proper by Boston Proper

J.McLaughlin

Marshall Retail Group

Soft Surroundings

Z Gallerie

Roger joined Brentwood in 2004 as an Operating Partner, having previously served as an Operating Advisor and portfolio company Director since 2002. Prior to his operating role at Brentwood, Roger was an independent Director and Chairman of Array Marketing Group, which was sold in an exit transaction in 2012. Roger is currently the Chairman of the Boards of Marshall Retail Group and Soft Surroundings. He also currently serves as a Director of Beyond Proper by Boston Proper, J.McLaughlin, and Z Gallerie. Previously, he served as a Director and Chairman of Allen Edmonds (until its sale in December 2016), Filson Holdings and Paper Source and Sundance Holding Company. Roger focuses on management, operations, and strategy in helping new deal teams evaluate investments in retail, branded consumer products, direct marketing and restaurants.

Prior to joining Brentwood, Roger was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Montgomery Ward. He was recruited from Toys R Us, where he was President of the U.S. Toy Stores and Executive Vice President of the Toys R Us Corporation, having joined Toys R Us in 1989 as Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer. Prior to Toys R Us, Roger spent nine years with Target, where he held several different senior management positions, including Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager from 1985 through 1988. Roger began his retail career in 1970 and spent 10 years with R. H. Macy & Co. and Federated Department Stores. Roger attended Adrian College and The University of Toledo and later completed The Executive Development Program at Harvard Business School.

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Deepak JanardanSenior Associate

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Deepak JanardanSenior Associate

Deepak joined Brentwood in 2017. He is currently active in the corporate development efforts of Marshall Retail Group, MD Now and Jefferson Dental.

Prior to joining Brentwood, Deepak worked at H.I.G. Capital, where he focused on private equity investments and portfolio company management across a variety of industries. Deepak also previously spent two years at Houlihan Lokey, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate finance in the Industrials practice. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota, where he received a bachelor’s degree in finance.

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Daniel LarsonAssociate

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Daniel LarsonAssociate

Dan joined Brentwood in 2017. He is currently active in the corporate development efforts of J.McLaughlin and Wiland. Dan was also active in the corporate development efforts and sale of Sundance Holding Company.

Prior to joining Brentwood, Dan worked at Barclays where he focused on debt and equity financings, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate finance in the consumer and retail industries. He graduated from Brown University, where he received a bachelor’s degree with concentrations in economics and German studies.

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Patrick McGroreyAssociate

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Patrick McGroreyAssociate

Patrick joined Brentwood in 2018.He is currently active in the corporate development efforts of Veggie Grill.

Prior to joining Brentwood, Patrick worked at Barclays where he focused on leveraged buyouts and general corporate finance across a variety of industries. Patrick graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California, where he received a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

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Craig MiliusManaging Director

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Craig MiliusManaging Director

Current Board Positions:

Credentials Solutions

Wiland

Craig joined Brentwood in 2017. Presently, he serves as a Director of Credentials Solutions and Wiland. A veteran investor with nearly two decades of experience in growth private equity, his investment and transaction experience covers a diverse group of business and information services industries.

Prior to joining Brentwood, Craig served as a General Partner at Austin Ventures (“AV”), a growth focused private equity firm with $3.9 billion assets under management, where he spent 11 years helping launch and build its Growth Equity practice, in addition to serving on its Investment and Operating Committees. During his tenure at AV, Craig pursued growth equity and buyout investments by partnering with exceptional founders and CEOs to build leading, highly profitable companies such as Asset International, CreditCards.com HomeAway, Newgistics and ReTrans through a combination of strong organic growth initiatives, operational improvements and strategic acquisitions.

Prior to joining AV, Craig was an investment professional with Primus Capital, a Cleveland-based private equity firm, and worked for the Investment Banking division of Salomon Brothers Inc. where he completed mergers and acquisition, strategic advisory, and capital-raising assignments for clients in a variety of services related industries. He earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BBA with Distinction from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

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Steven MoorePartner

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Steven MoorePartner

Current Board Positions:

Credentials Solutions

Jefferson Dental Care

J.McLaughlin

MD Now

SAXX Underwear

Upward Projects

Z Gallerie

Steve joined Brentwood in 2000. Presently, he serves as a Director of Credentials Solutions, Jefferson Dental Care, J.McLaughlin, MD Now, SAXX Underwear, Upward Projects and Z Gallerie. He also previously served as a Director of Exhale Enterprises, Excelligence Learning Corp. and Soft Surroundings and former portfolio companies Allen Edmonds, Chamilia, Filson Holdings, Paper Source, ThreeSixty Group and Zumiez (NASDAQ: ZUMZ) and was an active board observer of Ariat International. Steve also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Children’s Bureau, an organization providing state-of-the-art child abuse prevention and treatment services to at-risk children.

Prior to joining Brentwood, Steve worked at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and general corporate finance. Steve worked with Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group before joining Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Michigan, where he received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and was a member of the men's soccer team.

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Dustin NguyenAssociate

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Dustin NguyenAssociate

Dustinjoined Brentwood in 2018.He is currently active in the corporate development efforts of Pacific Catch and Z Gallerie.

Prior to joining Brentwood, Dustin worked at Houlihan Lokey, where he focused on restructurings, complex debt and equity financings, and distressed mergers and acquisitions across a variety of industries. Dustin graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he received a bachelor's degree in business economics.

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Rachel PresserVice President

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Rachel PresserVice President

Rachel joined Brentwood in 2016. She is currently active in the corporate development efforts of Beyond Proper by Boston Proper, J.McLaughlin., Soft Surroundings and Postino. Rachel was also active in the corporate development efforts and sale of Allen Edmonds and Sundance Holding Company.

Prior to joining Brentwood, Rachel worked at Pzena Investment Management where she focused on public equity investing in consumer retail and energy companies. Rachel also previously spent two years at Crestview Partners, where she focused on private equity investing and portfolio company management across a variety of industries, and two years as an Investment Banking Analyst at Barclays Capital, where she focused on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate finance in the healthcare industry. Rachel received a bachelor’s degree in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, magna cum laude, in 2008 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2014.

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Chris ReekiePrincipal

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Chris ReekiePrincipal

Chris joined Brentwood in 2007. He is currently active in the corporate development efforts of Blaze Pizza, Class Wallet and The Teaching Company. Chris was also active in the corporate development efforts of Allen Edmonds, Boston Proper, Excelligence Learning Corp., Exhale Enterprises, K-Mac Holdings, Sundance Holding Company and ThreeSixty Group.

Prior to joining Brentwood, Chris worked at Credit Suisse First Boston where he focused on leveraged buyouts and general corporate finance in a wide variety of industries. He graduated from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, where he received a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

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Eric ReiterPartner

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Eric ReiterPartner

Current Board Positions:

Beyond Proper by Boston Proper

ClassWallet

Excelligence Learning Corp.

Jefferson Dental Care

SAXX Underwear

Soft Surroundings

The Teaching Company

Wiland

Eric joined Brentwood in 1999. Presently, Eric serves as a Director of Beyond Proper by Boston Proper, ClassWallet, Excelligence Learning Corp., Jefferson Dental Care, SAXX Underwear, Soft Surroundings, The Teaching Company and Wiland. Previously, he served as a Director of Spectrum Clubs, Sundance Holding Company and was active in the sale of Bell Automotive in late 2004, Oriental Trading Company in 2006 and Array Marketing Group in 2012.

Prior to joining Brentwood, Eric worked in the merchant banking division of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where his primary responsibilities included analyzing and structuring investments for the $3 billion DLJMB II L.P. private equity fund. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a dual bachelor's degree in finance and operation and information management from the Wharton School of Business.

Eric currently serves as a member of the Penn Libraries Board of Overseers. Previously, he was a member of both the Undergraduate Financial Aid Leadership Council and the Penn Fund Executive Board, the University of Pennsylvania’s undergraduate annual giving program. In addition, Eric joined the Board of Trustees of The John Thomas Dye School in 2013, an independent, nonsectarian elementary day school located in Los Angeles, California, serving students in kindergarten through sixth grade.

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Stephanie SiuVice President

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Stephanie SiuVice President

Stephanie first joined Brentwood in 2011. She is currently active in the corporate development efforts of Wiland while supporting operational projects across the portfolio. She previously supported the corporate development efforts of Jefferson Dental Care, Veggie Grill, Exhale Enterprises, Paper Source, Zoës Kitchen (NYSE: ZOES), Sundance Holding Company, Soft Surroundings and Chamilia.

Prior to Brentwood, Stephanie spent two years as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs, where she focused on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate finance in the consumer and retail industries. Stephanie rejoined Brentwood in 2015, after earning her MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School. She also has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Chicago.

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Matthew M. WhelanManaging Director, Finance & Operations

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Matthew M. WhelanManaging Director, Finance & Operations

Matt is a member of the board of directors of the Lon V. Smith Foundation and the Southern California chapter of Financial Executives Alliance. Additionally, he is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Westcoast Sports Associates.

Prior to joining Brentwood, Matt served as Chief Financial Officer for companies in the finance, technology, and media industries. He also has served as a financial consultant and was a manager with Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). He graduated with honors from the University of Southern California, where he received a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

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Toros YeremyanPrincipal

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Toros YeremyanPrincipal

Toros joined Brentwood in 2004. He is currently active in the corporate development efforts of Credentials Solutions, Excelligence Learning Corp., and Soft Surroundings. Toros was also active in the corporate development efforts of Blaze Pizza, Beyond Proper by Boston Proper, Sundance Holding Company, Wiland, Paper Source (until its sale in September 2013), Filson Holdings and Array Marketing Group, until the sale of these investments in 2012, and Chamilia until the full sale of Brentwood’s investment in 2013.

Prior to joining Brentwood, Toros worked at Credit Suisse First Boston, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate finance in a wide variety of industries. He graduated cum laude from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he received a bachelor's degree in business economics.

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Randolph BrownOperating Partner

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Randolph BrownOperating Partner

Current Board Positions:

Beyond Proper by Boston Proper

Soft Surroundings

Randy joined Brentwood in 2005 as an Operating Partner and previously served as Chief Financial Officer for Array Marketing Group. He currently serves as a Director of Beyond Proper by Boston Proper and Soft Surroundings and is active in the oversight of Excelligence, J.McLaughlin, MD Now and Z Gallerie. Previously, Randy served as a Director of Exhale Enterprise, Array Marketing Group, Sundance Holding Company and was active in the corporate development efforts of Allen Edmonds (until its sale in 2016). Randy utilizes his extensive operational and financial experience to evaluate new investments and assist portfolio companies with financial and operational related projects.

Prior to joining Brentwood, Randy spent 21 years with GE and GE Capital in a wide variety of financial leadership roles across various business segments, including Chief Financial Officer of GE/Montgomery Ward. While at GE, Randy was also transition CEO in leading the integration of Heller Financial into GE Capital. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the College of William & Mary, where he received a bachelor’s degree in economics. He also graduated with honors from GE’s financial management training program.

Members of the Operations Group are non-investment professionals or independent contractors employed or retained to provide operational diligence services for prospective and consummated investments and post-closing operational initiatives for portfolio companies. Operations Group members are either employees of BPE Growth & Operations, LLC, an affiliate of Brentwood Private Equity, LLC, or independent contractors.

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Keith GordonOperating Partner

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Keith GordonOperating Partner

Current Board Positions:

Excelligence Learning Corp.

Jefferson Dental Care

Keith joined Brentwood in 2014 as an independent board director on Excelligence and Allen Edmonds. He joined Brentwood full time as an Operating Partner in 2017 and is currently the Executive Chairman of Excelligence and on the board of Jefferson Dental and is active in the corporate developments of MD Now. Keith is a highly experienced executive leader, industry consultant, and board director with proven transformational growth success across several business segments including consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, footwear and apparel, healthcare, and industrial services. He utilizes this extensive experience to evaluate new investments and assist portfolio companies with growth related projects.

Prior to joining Brentwood, Keith was in integral growth and executive leadership roles with companies such as Procter & Gamble, Reebok, Coca-Cola, Arby’s and NuCO2 where he built high performance cross functional teams, consistently built competitively differentiated brands, developed and commercialized disruptive innovations, and led accretive acquisition pursuits. He was also a Managing Principal with growth consulting firm Zyman where he led the go-to-market practice and has had board director experience with Component Hardware Group, Wash Multifamily Laundry Systems, and the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. Keith has a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Psychology from Denison University.

Members of the Operations Group are non-investment professionals or independent contractors employed or retained to provide operational diligence services for prospective and consummated investments and post-closing operational initiatives for portfolio companies. Operations Group members are either employees of BPE Growth & Operations, LLC, an affiliate of Brentwood Private Equity, LLC, or independent contractors.

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Jay SungOperating Partner & Chief Marketing Officer

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Jay SungOperating Partner & Chief Marketing Officer

Current Board Positions:

Beyond Proper by Boston Proper

Jay Sung joined Brentwood Associates in 2017. Presently, he serves as a Director of Beyond Proper by Boston Proper and is currently active in the corporate development efforts of Jefferson Dental, J.McLaughlin, SAXX Underwear, and Z Gallerie. Jay was also active in the corporate development efforts and sale of Sundance Holding Company. A veteran executive with 25 years of experience in consumer products and services, he has extensive expertise in direct marketing, e-commerce, and multi-channel customer acquisition and retention, having managed marketing budgets between $5M and $350M.

Most recently, he served as President, North America for The Proactiv Company, a recent carve out of Guthy-Renker and majority-owned by Nestle Skin Health, a pharmaceutical division of the Nestle Company. Previously, he served as Chief Marketing Officer at Guthy-Renker, a $1.3B industry leader in the direct-to-consumer health and beauty market, best known for developing and marketing leading brands including Proactiv®, Meaningful Beauty® with Cindy Crawford, Wen® Haircare by Chaz Dean, IT Cosmetics™, and many others. In addition to his strong track record of growth with skincare and beauty brands, Sung has held President and Chief Marketing Officer positions in a variety of industries including financial services, insurance, online advertising, subscriptions and wine. Jay holds a B.S. in Economics, with a dual concentration in Marketing and Accounting, from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Members of the Operations Group are non-investment professionals or independent contractors employed or retained to provide operational diligence services for prospective and consummated investments and post-closing operational initiatives for portfolio companies. Operations Group members are either employees of BPE Growth & Operations, LLC, an affiliate of Brentwood Private Equity, LLC, or independent contractors.

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Sheri NemethOperating Partner

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Sheri NemethOperating Partner

Sheri joined Brentwood in 2017 as an Operating Partner and previously worked with Allen Edmonds, Array Marketing and other Brentwood companies to improve operating efficiencies. Sheri utilizes her extensive operational, supply chain and distribution experience to evaluate new investments and assist portfolio companies with operational related projects and management systems.

Prior to joining Brentwood, Sheri spent 20 years working with GE and Danaher in a wide variety of businesses and roles, including Corporate Director Danaher Business System, leading operational teams focused on rapid integration of new acquisitions and Corporate Director e-Sourcing developing a global sourcing system managing. She started a consulting company, Catalyst, in 2001 assisting companies in a wide variety of industries to achieve significant, sustainable operational performance improvements. In addition to consulting, Catalyst also developed Strategy Deployment software that supports aligned strategy execution. Clients included Discount Tire, Yakima, Leatherman, Gunderson, Maytag, Manitowoc, Pentair, Crane and Donaldson. Sheri sold Catalyst to TBM in 2008.

Sheri’s educational background includes an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University and a B.S. from Illinois State University. She also trained in Japan with Shingijutsu, founders of the Toyota Production System.

Members of the Operations Group are non-investment professionals or independent contractors employed or retained to provide operational diligence services for prospective and consummated investments and post-closing operational initiatives for portfolio companies. Operations Group members are either employees of BPE Growth & Operations, LLC, an affiliate of Brentwood Private Equity, LLC, or independent contractors.

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Barry WalkerOperating Partner

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Barry WalkerOperating Partner

Barry joined Brentwood Associates in 2017. With nearly two decades of location intelligence experience, he is constantly developing the art and science of expansion modeling. Barry has assisted numerous retail and restaurant concepts with complex planning, developing targeted, specific growth strategies and solutions, grounded in customized and proprietary analytics.

Most recently, Barry founded Bergemont in 2015, a boutique consultancy firm that specializes in location science and strategy, providing predictive and proactive expansion strategies to emerging, high-growth, multi-unit retail and restaurant brands.

Prior to founding Bergemont, Barry held the role of Vice President of Strategic Planning at Zoës Kitchen (NYSE: ZOES), where he developed custom analytics solutions, acting as a lens for all expansion decisions as the company grew over 100 locations and had an IPO in April 2014. Previously with Potbelly Sandwich Shop (NASDAQ: PBPB) , Barry implemented sales projection models and expansion strategies, establishing the infrastructure for growth that led to rapid growth of that concept as well.

Barry holds a B.S. in Geography and G.I.S. certificate from Oklahoma State University.

Members of the Operations Group are non-investment professionals or independent contractors employed or retained to provide operational diligence services for prospective and consummated investments and post-closing operational initiatives for portfolio companies. Operations Group members are either employees of BPE Growth & Operations, LLC, an affiliate of Brentwood Private Equity, LLC, or independent contractors.